Identify payments to his own former National Security adviser, thats the fault of the Obama Administration. More on that in a moment. A u. S. Official says the missile, a mediumrange Ballistic Missile, blew up over land and failed to reach japan. The message, a giant middle finger from kim jongun. Thats according to a military analyst you will hear from in a moment. The missile finger, as it were, came just hours after secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke to the united nations, calling for more pressure on north korea but left open the possibility for negotiation. All options for responsibilityi inresponding to future provocation must be on the table. It must be backed up by a willingness to counteract aggression with military action, if necessary. We much prefer a negotiated solution to this problem. The launch comes after an interview that roite eroit reut with the president. Listen to what he said there. Theres a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north kor
Has yet to put it on the schedule. Mr. Vice president have you got the votes on health care . Are you going to get it passed . The republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare in jeopardy again. The white house ramping up pressure on House Republicans to bring the new bill to a vote this week despite wavering confidence in its fate. Do we have the votes for health care . I think we do. Were getting closer and closer every day. Were not there yet. Latest whip count has 21 House Republicans to vote against the bill, which means they can only afford to lose one more vote or it fails. A big gamble for President Trump considering 18 other lawmakers remain undecided. Some republicans warning the no count could be even higher. There are probably a few more no votes than 21 at the moment. I dont know what the exact number is. Ive heard within two or three votes and as many as ten. I would expect closer to ten than two or three. The court issue how patients with preexisting conditions woul
Office, it doesnt seem to matter much. Is it time to say once and for all, the president is never going to release his tax returns. Well have to get back to you on that. The white house on the defensive facing mounting criticism over the administrations lack of transparency. The same audit that existed so nothing changed. Sean spicer again citing routine audit as refusal to release tax returns. Although it does not prevent dislo disclosure. Another key campaign promise, overhaul of the tax code. Democrats are uniting on a pledge to not rewrite unless they know specifically how that would benefit billionaire president and his family. A growing number of republican lawmakers also calling on the president to make his returns public. I think it would be a good gesture on his part to release them like all other president s have. Some lawmakers shouted down at town halls over trumps taxes. As far as i know the president says hes still under audi audit. Reporter the president himself downplay
The congressmans conduct is hardly appropriate for someone chairing an investigation of trump. He acted today more like a trump staffer. The surveillance story released today may, in fact, be a decoy from todays far bigger story. The Trump Campaign chair, Paul Manafort, was once paid 10 million a year from a friend of vladimir putin. Thats 10 million a year from putins buddy. Lets start with the news that the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, devin nunes, has access information, he says, that says donald trump or someon connected to him came up under u. S. Surveillance during someone else. According to nunes who was on President Trumps transition team, the brand new information he obtained alarmed him, he said. It was so alarming, he said he rushed to tell the president at the white house and then tell the press in two separate news conferences. Lets watch. What i saw has nothing to do with russia and nothing to do with the russian investigation. Has everything to do with p
Lets bring in our allstar panel to talk about all this, this breaking news. We have cnn political analyst Maggie Hagerman and david gregory, Chris Cillizza and Senior Analyst jeffrey toobin. Let me start with you. This arrest, 25 yearly young woman with the most 21st century name ive ever heard. Reality winner who has now been arrested and could be. Randy under espionage act for handing over these classified documents from the nsa. What do you see here . If the facts are as the government alleged, this is a very simple case, a contractor, like a government employee, has an obligation to keep secret materials secret. She intentionally and knowingly shared it with the intercept. Thats a crime. Unfortunately we as journalists rely on leakers like this who take these sorts of risk but cant she be considered a whistleblower instead of a spy . There is not a distinction there. If you have a top secret document and you essentialally share it, theres no excuse, theres no explanation, youre cau